According to Spanish press, Mbappe has signed a contract with Real Madrid and agreed to a deal until 2029 with the La Liga giant.
Mbappe secretly signed with Real Madrid two weeks ago?
The French star has been pursued by the Spanish team for many years. Rumors that Mbappe will join Real Madrid have only increased after the 25-year-old striker informed PSG last week that he will leave in the summer when his contract expires.
Mbappe has signed for Real Madrid after informing PSG that he will leave the club this summer
According to Marca, Mbappe signed an agreement to join Real two weeks ago, this player ‘made a firm commitment’ to the Bernabeu team.
Mail Sport reported last week that Real are ready to make Mbappe the club’s highest-paid player, surpassing the £10.3 million per season they pay Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior. However, the latest report shows that this player will still have his salary reduced. Real Madrid will also pay a joining fee of about £85.5 million and open negotiations on the percentage of image rights that Mbappe holds.
The Frenchman is expected to join Carlo Ancelotti’s team after informing PSG – led by president Nasser Al-Khelaifi (right) that he will leave this summer. Photo: Getty Images, Reuters.
According to Marca, Mbappe told PSG “not to bother” him with the offer to stay at the French club because the Frenchman had reached an agreement with Real Madrid. Los Blancos contacted Mbappe in the early days of the new year to ask if he still planned to join Real following negotiations between the two sides last summer and Mbapp gave a ‘positive’ response.
Real Madrid no longer see Mbappe as a player they want to sign ‘at any cost’, when they already have Vinicius Jr and Bellingham as ‘two of the best footballers on the planet’. But in early February, Real opened negotiations to reach an agreement as soon as possible.
Mbappe will play alongside the likes of Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Jr if his deal is confirmed. Photo: Getty Images
Mbappe accepted a salary cut when moving to Real
Real Madrid are ready to make the World Cup winner the highest paid player in their squad. Photo: Getty Images
Mbappe is expected to earn between £12m and £17m a year in Madrid plus bonuses – which means he will have to take a significant pay cut after earning £22m a year from his lucrative contract with PSG .
Amid speculation about his possible exit, PSG club president Nassr Al-Khelaifi previously stated that he wants the winger to stay at the club and believes it is the most suitable place for him .
“Look, I’m not hiding anything,” he told RMC.
“For sure I want Mbappe to stay. For me, he is the best player in the world and for me, the best club for Kylian (Mbappe) is PSG.”
Mbappe joined PSG in 2017 from Monaco, initially on a loan contract, before the French giant spent a huge amount of £ 155 million to buy the French striker permanently. The 25-year-old went on to sign a contract extension in 2022 and has the option to extend his contract for another year until June 2025.
In May 2022, Mbappe agreed to extend his contract to stay at the French club until 2025. Photo: PSG
The next six months will be a busy time for Mpbappe with the EUROs and Olympics looming ahead of his move to Real Madrid. Photo: Getty Images
During his time at PSG, Mbappe has scored 243 goals in 290 appearances for the club, scoring his 44th Champions League goal last night.
However, it appears Mbappe’s time at PSG is coming to an end with tensions rising in recent years as both the club and the player disagree over his contract with the team. PSG wanted Mbappe to extend his contract until 2025, but pushed him to train with team B, after the player refused to sign a contract extension.
Mbappe then wrote a letter to PSG saying he would not activate the one-year extension clause in his contract. PSG then responded with claims that the Frenchman had caused “a prolonged paralysis for the club”.